truthout.org: William Rivers Pitt: Murder for Profit

A playable 5-octave Harpsichord... built entirely out of LEGOs.

yourDictionary.com: 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words

Axis Applet by Golan Levin: pick any three countries to find their "Axis of..."

Check out the excellent "nine critical questions" in The Nation: Editorial, August 15, 2002: "Iraq: The Doubters Grow"

The Village Voice: "Things We Lost in the Fire", by Alisa Solomon

From Joel on Software > The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code:

1. Do you use source control?
2. Can you make a build in one step?
3. Do you make daily builds?
4. Do you have a bug database?
5. Do you fix bugs before writing new code?
6. Do you have an up-to-date schedule?
7. Do you have a spec?
8. Do programmers have quiet working conditions?
9. Do you use the best tools money can buy?
10. Do you have testers?
11. Do new candidates write code during their interview?
12. Do you do hallway usability testing?

I didn't know Google had a mirror site!